Luke Flanagan, 28, was driving his Ford Transit van along the westbound carriageway of the...

Published: 4:06 pm April 18, 2023
Updated: 10:22 am October 8, 2025
A Van Driver Who Failed A Drug Driving Test For Cocaine And Had Tiktok On His Phone Has Been Jailed For Over Five Years After His Van Was Involved In A Fatal Collision Which Left A Mother And Daughter Dead

Luke Flanagan, 28, was driving his Ford Transit van along the westbound carriageway of the A421 near Renhold just before 8am on 1 November 2021, when he struck a Peugeot 2008 which had slowed down and stopped due to stationary traffic ahead.

Failing to see that the Peugeot had stopped, Flanigan hit the vehicle with such force that it was pushed underneath the HGV that had stopped in front of it, before bursting into flames.

Emergency services attended the scene but the driver of the Peugeot, Emma van der Avoird, 55, and her daughter Khiana van der Avoird, 16, of Little Paxton in Cambridgeshire, were sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

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